Jairam's Jives

'In Bruges' had received so many decent to good reviews that it always intrigued me as a movie which I had to simply watch given a chance, and when I did get around to watching it, I was not disappointed. Yes, the sheer offbeat plotline of the story, good performances from two of my favorite actors, Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes and the entire setting of the story managed to keep me glued to my seat.

Now I personally am not a big fan of horror movies in which actual ghosts are picturized and blatantly paraded around on the screen, ie, I am not a big believer in the stereotypical ghost which walks around houses haunting them and its residents. This being said, there are a few movies which I really liked which do have ghosts walking around the house scaring the stuffing out of its inhabitants, and trust me, The Shining stands out on top of this particular list of movies.

'The Jackal', whose main storyline is based on Frederick Forsyth's all-time great novel (and also one of my all time favorite movies, 'The Day of The Jackal') had almost always eluded me for some reason or the other. Either the DVD was scratched, or I had other commitments whenever the movie was played on TV.

Terminator Salvation, the fourth (and hopefully the last) instalment in the Terminator franchise was universally panned by movie critics and audiences worldwide when it released (sometime around mid 2009). However, given the fact that I am a big fan of the first 2 movies, and Judgment Day in particular, to me, it was a must-watch movie.

Eric O'Neill, a young and upcoming FBI Intelligence Agent is assigned to the case of a Robert Hanssen, a senior agent who is believed to be a sexual deviant. He is assigned an undercover assignment where he has to work as Hanssen's assistant and report any and all activities of his boss to nail him with some evidence. However, from his first few interactions with Hanssen, Eric realizes that if anything his new boss is devoutly Catholic and yes, maybe a little disgruntled with the Bureau itself.